Is Low Fat and Grilled Really Healthy?

Ah the hidden dangers in everything. It seems that the more we know the more questions come up. Way back in the twenties, cigars were advertised as a treatment for asthma and hard drugs like cocaine were available at the corner pharmacy in all kinds of patent medicines. Take one of the biggest: the food we eat. Way back in the fifties we thought that it was healthy to eat a big steak and a baked potato. My parents told me that if you could afford to eat like that you would build big muscles by consuming lots of protein. Then we discovered things like cholesterol and saturated fat. Then carbohydrates became the enemy and now the big word on the street is to avoid trans fats at all costs. A few years ago organic became the big thing and still is. All those pesticides and antibiotics couldn't be good for you. Then spirituality entered the picture. You didn't want to picture in your mind where the food on your plate came from but you surely didn't want the animal to suffer. No, more than that you wanted the animal to live a free and happy life, roaming out on the range or free from the cage, to assuage your guilt because it had to give its life so you could eat.

But even if the food you eat appears healthy, it may not be. Grilling meats take away a lot of the fat versus deep-frying, but the chemicals produced from excessive temperatures or an open fire may be why so many people are being diagnosed with colon cancer nowadays. And no one can argue that eating a diet heavy with fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables isn't good for you, that is unless it is contaminated with e-coli bacteria which could lead to bloody diarrhea and kidney failure.